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Pakistanis, Indians seek govt help to find missing pilgrims

Prominent Pakistanis and Indians, who performed hajj as representatives of their countries, urge the Saudi authorities to speed up the process of locating and identifying missing and dead pilgrims.
1 October 2015

Thirsty leopard gets head stuck into pot in Indian village

A leopard gets its head stuck in a metal pot after venturing into a village in northern India on Wednesday. It was thirsty and tried to drink water.
1 October 2015

Google CEO’s father-in-law remarries at 70

Google chief executive officer (CEO) Sunder Pichai's father-in-law remarried at the age of 70 in Rajasthan.
30 September 2015

Indian court sentences five to death over 2006 Mumbai blasts: PTI

An Indian court on Wednesday sentenced five men to death for a series of blasts that ripped through packed trains in Mumbai in 2006.
30 September 2015

India man lynched over beef rumours

A 50-year-old man in northern India is killed in a mob lynching allegedly over rumours that his family had been storing and consuming beef at home.
30 September 2015

Reservations sans development

Leaders of different communities had so much confidence in the fairness of the country, when it won freedom, that none of them wanted reservations.
29 September 2015

Google to set up Wi-Fi in 400 Indian railway stations

Google is to provide high-speed public Wi-Fi in 400 Indian railway stations that carry millions of passengers every day.
28 September 2015

India-Pakistan: The madness of spy vs spy

While the old Cold War enemies have called a truce, the historical animosities in our patch of the world seem unlikely to let India and Pakistan to come in from the cold.
28 September 2015

India launches first space observatory ASTROSAT

India today successfully launched a satellite-launch-vehicle carrying ASTROSAT, its first astronomy observatory to study distant celestial objects.
28 September 2015

Pop stars, world leaders rally to end poverty

Some of the biggest names in music and politics from Beyonce to European prime ministers rallied in a concert aimed at mobilizing action to eradicate extreme poverty.
28 September 2015

Modi captivates Facebook Townhall

Enjoy the salient features of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at Facebook Townhall.
28 September 2015

Modi captivates Facebook Townhall

Enjoy the salient features of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at Facebook Townhall.
28 September 2015

Modi breaks down at Facebook Townhall as he talks about mother

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi breaks down into tears while talking about his mother at Facebook Townhall in Menlo Park near San Francisco.
28 September 2015

Six ducks and a Sabbir ton

Six Bangladeshi players failed to get off the mark on the first day of their three-day encounter against India A in Bangalore yesterday and
27 September 2015

Indian volunteer loses life while saving others

Indian expatriate engineer dies in Thursday’s stampede in Mina while serving the pilgrims. Niyazul Haq Mansoori, from the northern Indian state of Jharkhand, came from Yanbu to join the 950-member volunteer team of India Fraternity Forum (IFF).
27 September 2015

Redefining Kaalakshetra style (video)

The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre organises an evening of Bharatnatyam dance performed by Sankari Mridha and was accompanied by Swarnali Kundu and Lisa Chatterjee from India.
25 September 2015

Teesta deal to be signed, says Modi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed the hope that the Teesta River water-sharing agreement would be signed with Bangladesh.
25 September 2015

Modi, Hasina discuss bilateral issues in NY

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina in New York and discussed the status of bilateral relations and ways to take these forward.
24 September 2015

WATCH NOW: Cows, goats or camels?

This year could be a different Eid for you if you choose to have a camel for your sacrifice.
23 September 2015

India man buried alive in road crater

An Indian man dies after construction workers who fail to see him lying in a crater on the road buried him alive.
21 September 2015